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University of Barcelona

Consortium partner; Sortino completed her PhD there.

Known aliases

  • IBUB
  • Universitat de Barcelona

Current stories

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Ferry observers on 19 Mediterranean routes see fin whales move their hotspots within weeks

SYNFONY's ferry observers logged 707 megafauna sightings in three summer campaigns and found fin whales concentrated on different routes each time. That supports ship-risk maps that update as animals move, but one season of data cannot yet show how far fixed measures fall behind.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption25
Hype gap+15
Incentives35
Confidence50
scienceOne report1 publisher

Tirzepatide activates brown fat in obese mice even when their food intake is matched

University of Barcelona researchers found that tirzepatide activated calorie-burning brown fat in obese mice eating the same amount as untreated controls. The result points to an effect on metabolism beyond appetite that has not yet been tested in humans.

Publishers:sciencedaily.com

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives40
Confidence40
scienceOne report1 publisher

A benchtop flow chamber grows Pseudomonas biofilms at cystic fibrosis airway shear stress

IBEC's XpertBiofilm holds shear stress between 0.02 and 0.9 mPa on a removable coverslip that a standard microplate reader can score, and within that range more flow produced more Pseudomonas aeruginosa biomass.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+18
Incentives68
Confidence45
scienceOne report1 publisher

Eye drops carrying a light-activated switch restore light-guided behavior in blind mice

An IBEC-led consortium says two of its photoswitchable compounds restored light perception in blind mice when applied as drops, with no vector and no implant. The circulated summary stops before the numbers.

Publishers:sciencedaily.com

Reality

Evidence32
Adoption4
Hype gap+26
Incentives74
Confidence46